A person convicted in connection with protests in Ingushetia has been given eight years of administrative supervision following their release.

Barakh Chemurziev, who was convicted in connection with the 2019 protests in Ingushetia and released from prison in February, has been placed under eight years of administrative supervision. This was reported by Fortanga, citing his relatives.

Chemurziev is not allowed to leave his place of residence without prior notice, must report to the police once a month, and all travel must be agreed in advance. He is also prohibited from taking part in rallies, demonstrations or marches.

In 2019, after the dispersal of a peaceful protest against the transfer of land to Chechnya, Ingush opposition activists began to be detained. In December 2021, the Kislovodsk City Court sentenced Akhmed Barakhoev, Musa Malsagov, and Malsag Uzhakhov to nine years in prison; Ismail Nalgiev, Bagaudin Khautiev, and Barakh Chemurziev to eight years; and Zarifa Sautieva to seven years and six months in a general regime penal colony.

They were also banned from holding positions in public organisations for terms ranging from three to five years.

The activists were convicted under the article on organising the use of life-threatening violence against police officers (Part 2 Article 318 of the Russian Criminal Code, with the use of Part 3 Article 33). Barakhoev, Uzhakhov, and Malsagov were also found guilty of organising activities of an extremist community (Part 1 Article 282.1), and the other defendants of participating in it (Part 2 Article 282.1).

In addition, Uzhakhov was charged with creating a non-profit organisation infringing on the individual and civil rights of citizens (Part 2 Article 239). This charge was related to the Council of Teips of the Ingush People, which was liquidated in 2020.

• Before his arrest, Barakh Chemurziev headed the public movement “Support for Ingushetia” and was a member of the presidium of the World Congress of the Ingush People.